LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS PAGE 14 June 11, 2017 Your Neighborhood — Your News® BP OKs Baychester Sq., $100 MILLION next stop City Council BY ARTHUR CUSANO A proposed outdoor shopping center at the site of a former 12- MOVIE SETS acre golf facility on Gun Hill Road is getting closer to becoming a re- ality as the project will go before city offi cials later this month. York Studios to construct Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. threw his support behind the Baychester Square project follow- 9-stages in Soundview ing a public hearing at his offi ce held Tuesday, April 4. BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN will include nine sound stages, The Uniformed Land Use Re- Construction of a $100 million production offi ce space and work- view Procedure is now before the movie studio in Soundview is un- shops for each of the stages. NYC Planning Commission, and derway. The production complex will the City Council will likely vote On Tuesday, June 6, a ground- be responsible for the future re- on it in the coming weeks. breaking ceremony was held for leases of fi lms, documentaries, “The applicant offered what I the York Studios’ Michelangelo television programs and even mu- believe to be a forward-thinking Campus, a state-of-the-art fi lm sic videos. perspective on how to integrate a and television production com- The 10-acre parcel located on retail complex into an urban com- plex at 1410 Story Avenue. the Bronx River waterfront and munity,” Diaz wrote in his recom- The project will feature a just off of the Bruckner Express- mendation. privately-gated complex which way, has been vacant for over 20 Diaz added two required modi- includes approximately 350,000 years. fi cations to the project: a deed re- square feet of production space. The property, which is within striction to keep the project from The Michelangelo Campus Continued on Page 4 being developed as an outlet mall and the creation of additional MTA bus routes for the complex and proposed senior living center that would not adversely impact Kingsbridge Armory deal bus service to nearby Bay Plaza and Co-op City. Community Board 12 members voted overwhelmingly to support seems imminent: Mayor the project following a public hearing on Thursday, March 23. BY ARTHUR CUSANO for the property, and has been re- CB 12 vice chairman and Work on the proposed Kings- luctant to turn it over to the de- Land Use Committee chairman bridge National Ice Center at the veloper, due to what city offi cials Karl Stricker said the board was former Kingsbridge Armory could believed was lack of necessary pleased with the modifi cations by begin in earnest this month if the funding. Diaz that were originally recom- state OKs the resources, according “It’s, I think, about to move mended by his board. Puerto Rican Day Parade to the mayor. forward very energetically,” the He said the board was confi - Mayor de Blasio made the com- mayor said of the project. “All we dent work would begin early next Bronxites let their Boricua pride shine bright at this year’s 31st annual ment during a press conference on need now is for the Empire State year. Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 4 on the Grand Concourse. Wednesday, May 24 at Concourse Development Corporation to au- Stricker said the board be- Village Elementary School when thorize the resources which were Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade princess Sophia Aviles (l) and teen prin- lieved the project would bring asked by a reporter about the long- approved in the state budget. My jobs to the northeast Bronx area cess Alexus Rodriguez enjoyed the time honored cultural celebration. See gestating project. hope is they will do that at their more photos on page 12, Photo by Laura Stone Continued on Page 4 New York City holds the lease Continued on Page 15 A CNG Publication • Vol. 6 No. 23 UPDATEDUPDATEDUPDATED EVERY EVERY EVERY DAY DAY DAY AT AT BXTIMES.COMAT BXTIMES.COM BXTIMES.COM Mural celebrates the Square’s historical heritage BY PATRICK ROCCHIO tions. Westchester Square is home to At fi rst, in keeping with the a new mural that celebrates the colonial history of the area, the community’s heritage. BID and Hiller considered the The Westchester Square Busi- idea of a scene from the Revolu- ness Improvement District cele- tionary War. brated the completion of an 18 by After further consultation, 60-foot mural by artist Damien the streetcar and the historical Mitchell on the side of Sure-Fire homes seemed more appropriate Fuel Corporation at 2610 East for his location, said Hiller. Tremont Avenue. Joe Regina, WSBID Develop- The mural depicts an earlier ment, explained that the area BRONX WEEKLY June 11, 2017 2 2017 JuneBRONX 11, WEEKLY time in Westchester Square, with was the scene of The Battle of a three-dimensional trolley like Westchester Creek between Gen- the ones that used travel there eral George Washington and Brit- through the World War II era, and ish troops that allowed Washing- a row of historical houses on Sil- ton’s retreat from New York at the ver Street. onset of the war so that the Amer- Lisa Sorin, WSBID executive (L-r) Harry Santiago, of the Westchester Square Business Improvement District; Stephen Hiller, owner of Sure-Fire Oil Fuel ican Revolutionary cause could director, said that the mural, de- Corp.; Denise Hiller, the owner’s wife; Joe Regina, WSBID BID Development; and Tom Hiller, the owner’s son gesture towards continue. picting the Square’s commercial the door on the trolley outside of Sure-Fire at 2610 E. Tremont Avenue. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co “As far as the Wetschester hub of years gone by, is part of a Square BID is concerned, in terms larger marketing and branding of promoting the area and bring- effort to celebrate Westchester torical heritage is another way to received nothing but positive feed- fi ve cans of primer and 50 cans of ing the historical signifi cance Square and attract new busi- sell Westchester Square to small back from the community, painted spray paint to cover the wall. to the forefront, we are trying to nesses by showcasing the Square businesses looking for a home. another mural nearby depicting The mural is located in an ac- blend all that to make it attractive as it used to be. “Westchester Square has al- subway trains that’s located near tive parking lot for fuel oil deliv- to not only the immediate commu- “If you are driving towards ways been a central business hub, St. Peter’s Church. ery trucks. nity but to visitors as well,” said Westchester Square, the mural and we are trying to capture that “A lot of the long-term resi- Stephen Hiller, Sure-Fire Regina. is going to be the fi rst thing that history,” said Uriah Johnson, WS- dents were happy to sit and chat owner, said that he agreed to a At the WSBID’s upcoming Fair you are going to run into other BID deputy director, who added about what we were doing and mural because his wall has had @ The Square event on Satur- than the (WSBID) banners,” said the painting took about six work- seemed excited about the murals,” some graffi ti issues, and that the day, June 18 from 10 am to 6 pm, Sorin. days for the artist. said Mitchell. idea of what to put on the build- the BID will be offering visitors www.BXTimes.com She believes that the area’s his- Mitchell, who said that he has The artist said he used about ing went through several itera- a “Passport to the Past” that will NICKS DRUGS www.BXTimes.com Sherbee 0(!2-!#9352')#!,3500,)%3s$25'3s#/3-%4)#3s&2!'2!.#%3s6)4!-).3s(%!,4("%!549 Est. 1940 Antiques !CCURATE&AST&RIENDLY3ERVICE POT of GOLD Sherbee Antiques is a family-owned business that has been serving the tri-state area for over 60 years. 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